Lou DiBella has survived the natural disasters fairly well so far. What remains to be seen is if he can avoid a man-made one.
After a week in which he was walking on a bridge during an earthquake and then lost precious family memorabilia during Hurricane Irene, the voluble boxing promoter hopes to avoid another disaster when Andre Berto, one of the stars of his stable, meets Jan Zaveck for the International Boxing Federation welterweight title Saturday in the main event of an HBO-televised card in Biloxi, Miss.
A loss by Berto would be his second in succession, following an April beatdown at the hands of Victor Ortiz, and would dump him well down the list of divisional contenders.